Ghost Dad

Bill Cosby stars as a widowed businessman whose punishing work schedule is cut short by a fatal car crash - leaving him just a few days to walk the Earth in spirit form and ensure his children are left with a secure financial future. Fantasy comedy, with Kimberley Russell, Ian Bannen, Denise Nicholas and Dana Ashbrook. Directed by Sidney Poitier

Ghost Dad

Parental Guide

Bill Cosby ghost movie has some iffy humor, profanity.

Consumerism

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Drinking, drugs & smoking

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Positive messages

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Sex

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Parents need to know that Ghost Dad is a 1990 comedy starring Bill Cosby as a father who, after becoming a ghost after a ludicrous car accident, must learn to put his family ahead of his career. There are some moments of inappropriate behavior -- for instance, after emerging from the car accident seemingly unharmed, a police officer approaches Cosby and urinates on him, because he has now become an invisible ghost. The cab driver who leads Cosby's character to his apparent death behaves like a psychopath, swerving his cab through a series of near-accidents while screaming "Do you worship Satan?" Aside from this, there is occasional profanity ("s--t," "bitch), and a scene where a man and woman hint at having sex while in a bedroom.